LOCOMOTIVE WORKS

THE RHODE ISLAND LOCOMOTIVE WORKS

RHODE ISLAND WAS KNOWN FOR BUILDING LOCOMOTIVES IN 1899 WHEN

ARBUCKLE BROTHERS COFFEE CO. PRINTED THIS ADVERTISING CARD.

THE RHODE ISLAND LOCOMOTIVE WORKS WAS LOCATED AT VALLEY AND HEMLOCK STREETS IN PROVIDENCE. ITS FIRST LOCOMOTIVE WAS BUILT IN 1866 AND THE LAST WAS DELIVERED IN 1908 AFTER IT BECAME PART OF THE AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS IN 1901. ABOUT 4,000 STEAM LOCOMOTIVES WERE BUILT IN ITS PLANT BUT THE FACILITIES WERE NOT SUITED TO LARGE LOCOMOTIVES. ALCO CONVERTED THE WORKS TO AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION WHICH ENDED IN 1913.

MANY OF THE LOCOMOTIVES BUILT BY RHODE ISLAND WERE PHOTOGRAPHED ON

THE WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER BRIDGE AT THE PLANT ENTRANCE.

BACKGROUNDS WERE PARTIALLY OR FULLY OPAQUED FOR BUILDER'S PHOTOS

THE LOCOMOTIVE IS A NEW HAVEN K-1-c CLASS MOGUL TYPE NUMBER 556 BUILT IN 1902

RHODE ISLAND LOCOMOTIVE WORKS

ON THE WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER - HEMLOCK STREET IS ON THE RIGHT.

C. 1895

THE SIDING THAT SERVED THE RILW WAS CONNECTED TO THE NEW YORK & NEW ENGLAND LESS THAN A MILE WEST OF THE PROVIDENCE UNION STATION

THE BURNSIDE RIFLE CO. WHICH BECAME THE RHODE ISLAND LOCOMOTIVE WORKS

Hemlock Street Bridge over the Woonasquatucket River

VIEW FROM THE WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER - HEMLOCK STREET BRIDGE IS LEFT

RHODE ISLAND LOCOMOTIVE WORKS

HEMLOCK STREET IS IN THE FOREGROUND

AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE MOTOR CAR

The Rhode Island Locomotive Works after conversion to Automobile Manufacturing.

View along Valley Street.

AN EARLY BUILDER'S CARD

NEW YORK, PROVIDENCE & BOSTON 40 WAS BUILT IN 1887 AND BECAME NEW HAVEN

C-2 CLASS NUMBER 1697. FOR A TIME THE 4-4-0 TYPE WAS A 4-4-2 TYPE WHEN A TRAILING AXLE WAS IN PLACE TO SPREAD WEIGHT. IT WAS BUILT TO BURN ANTHRACITE COAL.

FROM A LARGE BUILDER'S PHOTOS - NY&NE 0-4-0 NUMBER 30 LEADS

ALTHOUGH MANY RHODE ISLAND LOCOMOTIVES WERE BUILT FOR RAILROADS IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, THE WORK'S ENGINES WERE OWNED BY MANY RAILROADS IN THE U.S., CANADA, AND MEXICO. OF THE FOUR RHODE ISLAND LOCOMOTIVES THAT HAVE BEEN SAVED, TWO WERE WABASH ENGINES, ONE WAS ILLINOIS CENTRAL, AND ONE A COLORADO & SOUTHERN NARROW GAUGE ENGINE.

INTERNATIONAL POWER COMPANY OPERATED THE WORKS FROM 1899 TO THE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS IN 1901. THE POWER COMPANY. ALSO OPERATED

THE CORLISS ENGINE COMPANY.

THE LOCOMOTIVE IS NEW HAVEN P-1 CLASS NUMBER 278 BUILT IN 1895.

BUILDER'S CARD IN THE ALCO STYLE

NUMBER 160 WAS BUILT BY THE RHODE ISLAND LOCOMOTIVE WORKS IN 1903 SOON AFTER IT MERGED WITH ALCO. THE LOCOMOTIVE IS A NEW HAVEN G-3 CLASS.

THE LETTER REFERS TO MOSHASSUCK VALLEY NUMBER 1,

A 2-4-2 TYPE TANK ENGINE DELIVERED IN JANUARY 1877.

NUMBER 213 WAS BUILT BY THE RHODE ISLAND LOCOMOTIVE WORKS IN 1891.

IT BECAME C-1-a CLASS 1643.

PHOTOGRAPHED ON THE WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER BRIDGE AT THE WORKS ENTRANCE.

NUMBER 547 WAS BUILT BY THE RHODE ISLAND LOCOMOTIVE WORKS IN 1902.

IT IS A NEW HAVEN A-3 CLASS - RENUMBERED 1206

PHOTOGRAPHED ON THE WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER BRIDGE AT THE WORKS ENTRANCE.

THE MERIDEN AND CROMWELL RECEIVED AN ALLOWANCE OF 12.5 PER CENT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF A NEW FORNEY TYPE LOCOMOTIVE BY SENDING THE WORKS AN OLD LOCOMOTIVE. THE OLD LOCOMOTIVE WAS A 2-4-0 TYPE ALLEGEDLY ONCE LEHIGH COAL & NAVIGATION COMPANY NUMBER 54 USED AT THE WILKESBARRE PIER IN EAST PROVIDENCE. THE NEW FORNEY NUMBERED 2 WAS LATER CONVERTED INTO A 0-4-0 TYPE AND BECAME NY&NE 199 AND NEW HAVEN X- 9 CLASS NUNBER 2826.

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